cow diseases

nutritional scour (nutritional) causes

• calf is fed too much milk

• irregular feeding

• milk ball in stomach

nutritional scour symptoms

• scour

• dehydration

nutritional scour treatment/prevention

• careful feeding of weak calfs

• make gradual changes to diets

• avoid overcrowding

bonvine tuberculo

TB syptoms

TB treatment/ prevention

• no treatment

treatment of mastitis

antibiotics, milk is discarded when cow is taking antibiotics

prevention of mastitis

• milking is hygienic (machine clean, wipe on wipe off)

• for dry cows control flies with pour ons and Stockholm tar

ringworm (fungi) causes

transmitted from contact with an infected animal (zoonoses) or equipment

ringworm symptoms

• circular patches of hair loss

• develop in grey patches

ringworm prevention/treatment

• topical treatment of infected areas

• prevent by disinfecting housing

stomach worm (parasite) what type ?

endoparasitic nematode

stomach worm symptoms

• scour

• failure to thrive

ringworm cause

cattel ingest larvae from grass

ringworm prevention

• dose cattle

• good grassland management with a leader follower system